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Entrepreneurship & Healthcare in Emerging Markets: A Fireside Chat with Sylvana Quader Sinha
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Thu, Feb 13, 2025
5 PM – 6:45 PM (GMT+0)
The Sammy Ofer Centre
LT16
117 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5PT
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This event is a must-attend for students passionate about entrepreneurship, healthcare, or those keen to explore the unique challenges and opportunities in emerging markets.
Join us as Sylvana shares her remarkable career journey across diverse industries, offering invaluable insights into building a healthcare startup, raising capital in complex markets, and pioneering healthcare innovation in regions with significant unmet needs.
Don't miss this opportunity to engage with a trailblazing entrepreneur who is shaping the future of healthcare in emerging economies!
Date/Time: 13 February 2025, 17:00-18:30 GMT.
Location: LT16
For non-LBS participants - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1214561659619
For any questions please contact Healthcare Club ExCo
Dress Casual (jeans ok)
Food Provided
Where
The Sammy Ofer Centre
LT16
117 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5PT
Speakers
Sylvana Quader Sinha
CEO
Praava health
Sylvana Quader Sinha is a founder, chair, and the CEO of Praava Health — Bangladesh’s 1st first and only one stop shop click-and-brick outpatient healthcare system, established with the mission of democratizing high-quality medical treatment in emerging and growth markets. She’s a widely-recognized authority on identifying and building resilient market-opening businesses in economies and sectors where potential has yet to be unlocked.
Today, Praava serves more than 700K+ patients, bringing international standards and many quality healthcare firsts to Bangladesh. It is the nation’s fastest-growing healthcare brand, on the cusp of further expansion.The Praava Health model has been widely studied at Harvard and Columbia Business Schools. It has also been highlighted in studies funded by the Gates Foundation as a model example of next gen inclusive, innovative and sustainable healthcare companies playing a critical role in addressing the rising burden of chronic diseases in lower middle income countries and possibly the world. Praava is also part of the World Economic Forum innovators' community, first as a Technology Pioneer in 2021 and now as a Global Innovator.
With Praava an important beacon for healthcare startups, Sinha has become an authority on the realities of building successful businesses in emerging markets. She is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the WEF’s UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency, and serves on the board of PATH.org. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, Columbia Law School, and Harvard’s Kennedy School. She is also a member of Wellesley's Business Leadership Council.